The Hope pioneer., 1887-07-29

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| THE MONUMENT PRESENTED.
Col. Reilly then presented the monu-
ment to the care and keeping of the
Battlefield Memorial Association. It
was received in their name by Col. j.
B. Batchelder. AS soon as Col. Batch
elder had finished Col. Reilly arose and
in the name of the Goth, presented him
with a handsome gold watch appropri-
ately inscribed. The Colonel was much
surprised, and in few words thanked
the regiment for its kind remembrance
OF him. Before the ceremonies began
Mrs. Pickett, escorted by Gen. Burns,
took her seat on the platform, and the
crowd atonce cheered her. Then Adj't-
Gen. McDermott stepped forward and
presented her with beautiful floral
cross which had been given the brigade
by Mrs. Reed, of Philadelphia, and
which they now wished to present to
her. She arose and merely bowed her
thanks.
THE list REGIMENT.
This finished the ceremonies of the
69th, and then the list took the plat
form. Capt Stockton introduced Gen.
Burns, who succeeded Gen. Baker in
command. The General, after his
speech, introduced Gen. "Baldy'' Smith,
who spoke briefly.
1t fell upon Gen. Wister to turn the
monument over to the Battlefield Mem
oral Association, and he was so much
affected by the sight of the small num-
ber OF the brigade remaining that it
took him some moments to master his
feelings, and OCCASIONALLY during his
speech his voice would choke and he
with difficulty continued. The monu-
ment was accepted in the name of the
Association by Col. John M. Wander
slice, of Philadelphia. Col r. Penn
Smith, then I'M very interesting speech,
turned over to the Memorial Associa-
ton the tablet of Cushing's battery,
which was also received by Col Van
derslice.
The crowd then moved near the fa-
nous clump of trees where the Cowan's
battery monument is erected. When
all was ready, Col. Andrew Cowan in
troduced Rev. Jas. X. Dickson, who
offered long and appropriate prayer.
Mrs. Pickett was there, assembled the
platform and Col. Cowan, rising,
thanked her for her presence, and al
SO welcomed the wife of the command
er of the Philadelphia Brigade, whose
husband, "a years ago, then an Aid
on Webb's staff brought him the order
to place his guns where the monument
now is, and whom he had not seen again
till last night. He then presented Hon.
Serene E. Payne, as the orator, who
spoke for about 20 minutes.
Col. Cowan transferred the monu-
ment to the Memorial Association, in
whose behalf it was accepted by Capt.
S. G. Wagner. Lieut.. VIM Sawyer,
on behalf of the battery, then thanked
Col. Cowan for his efforts to bring about
this dedication and make it success.
A SWORD RETURNED
Perhaps the most interesting incident
of the whole dedication was the presen-
tation by Col. Cowan to the Pickett
Division Association of sword which
he took during Pickett's famous charge.
1t is about three feet long, the handle
is of mother of pearl, and the blade of
tinely-polished steel. The way it came
into the posse ssion of Col. Cowan
was this: During the charge very
young Confederate officer jumped
toward the gun at which he was stand
| ing, but was Immediately shot down
and his sword fell at the Colonel's feet.
He kept it, but has never been able to
restore it to the family of the officer,
and he has now given it to the divi-
sion in order that they may take
measures to see that it is returned to
the proper persons. Maj. j. c. Crock
er, of Virginia, accepted it in the name
of the Pickett Division Association,
promising to do all that was possible to
find the family of the officer. Col Cowan
then introduced Gen. "Baldy" Smith
and Gen. Hunt to the assembly, by
whom they were received with cheers.
1t was hard to tell during the evening
which was the Philadel phia Brigade
and which the Pickett's Division; one
man who was supposed to be Phila-
delphia man came down street with
Confederate badgea and canteen fastened
on one side, a blue badge on the other,
and a brigade hat set sideways on his
head. Veterans of the 69th regiment
entertained the Pickett men in royal
way in the garden at their headquarters.
Refreshments flowed in profusion.
Speeches and songs filled the evening
Campfire. Col. Aylett and Maj. Ed
monson, of Virginia, gave expression in
eloquent language to the fraternal feel
ing which pervades the mind of every
one of the Pickett men. Both speeches
were received with applause of the
heartiest kind, showing that, as Col
Aylett said, lasting peace will come
through the soldiers of both armies.
Both Confederates predicted that this
Reunion would be of untold worth in
giving the country lasting peace and
unity. At the Cowan dedication
resolution asking permission of the
Memorial Association for the Phila-
delphia Brigade to erect tablet where
Gen. Armistead fell, passed unanimous
ly.
At night some were in reality .stent-
ing on the old camp ground" on the